priestess
Americannoun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of priestess
Example Sentences
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Earlier it was announced that Mosaku had received an Oscar supporting actress nomination for her role as Hoodoo priestess Annie in Sinners.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
Warren Buffett once called him a Cassandra—the mythological Trojan priestess whose grim prophecies were ignored.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
The ghost tours in New Orleans are borderline legendary, with popular offerings focusing on the supernatural, New Orleans’ “Casket Girls,” and on the origins of Marie Laveau’s rise to notoriety as a voodoo priestess.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025
Her name is Ìyáifa Efuntosin, and she’s a priestess, and she’s always been there to help assist and guide me.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024
At the temple the priest—or priestess, he added graciously—would pass the paper over the sacred fire, and do whatever other stuff he could think up.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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